Reports Sourcebook 2015 - CTRM Software Suppliers | Page 5

SourceBook of CTRM Vendors and Products

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Each Vendor and Product listing is arranged

The

according to the same format for clarity and

coverage charts are easily readable and provide

ease of use. Each listing (sorted alphabetically

mid-level information about each vendor’s

by vendor name) is comprised of:

product capabilities.

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functionality

and

commodity

The name of the vendor and contact

ComTech’s methodology for constructing the

information

Sourcebook was to distribute a spreadsheet and

A graphic showing the distribution of

questionnaire for data collection. The majority of

current clients by geography

all vendors in the space were invited to submit

A graphic showing client distribution by

their information for publication. Those that did

common industry segment

wish

ComTech Advisory research highlights

questionnaire,

regarding the vendor and product,

commodity and function (or feature) whether

A graphical matrix providing an overview
of the product's capabilities, by function
(vertical axis), by commodity (horizontal
axis),

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product

participate

completed

including

the

entire

identifying

by

their software had 1) capabilities that were in
use by a current user, 2) capabilities not
currently used by a client or 3) provided no
capabilities

in

each

function/commodity

combination. These were reviewed and edited
information

by ComTech to ensure all vendors conformed to

comprised from a variety of sources

the same standard, and adjustments were made

including vendor’s submitted company

to

and product description,

consistency amongst all respondents. The

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Vendor’s office locations,

information submitted by the vendors was used,

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Total installed base by licensed customer

in large part, to complete the vendor/product

companies,

listing, along with information collected in other

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Company

to

and

product

A representative list of users of the
product,

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

some

vendor

responses

ComTech surveys and research.

to

ensure

The final

listings were compiled by ComTech analysts.

Deployment methods of the highlighted

For information on CTRM vendors that elected

product(s),

to not participate in the production of this

Office locations and contact phone

SourceBook, please visit

numbers.

http://www.ctrmcenter.com/ctrmdirectory/.
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